And though the place at LCR Honda is still officially empty, the performance of Stefan Bradl aboard the Honda 800 during the two-day test was sufficient to secure the deal, sources report, with official confirmation expected over the next few days. 雖然LCR還有個空位,不過Stefan Bradl 兩天來的出色測試表現,足以確保這項交易,有消息傳出,過幾天就會有正式的官方聲明。
Suzuki's situation remains unclear, though the team continues to fight valiantly to remain on the grid, at least with an 800 for the first half of 2012, and after a strong test on the bike, Randy de Puniet is now favorite to take that spot. Suzuki狀況一樣不明,雖然車隊持續為了待在motoGP做努力,至少用800cc跑個前半季,而Randy de Puniet強健的測試之後,成了最熱門的人選。
Former Kawasaki WSBK team owner Paul Bird confirmed his participation in MotoGP with a CRT machine, with former WCM and Tech 3 rider James Ellison at the helm. 前WSBK的kawasaki車隊老闆,證實他會以CRT車隊參加MotoGP,車手將是前WCM及Tech 3車手James Ellison。
IODA Racing will field former Superstock racer Dani Petrucci on an Aprilia-powered machine, no doubt with strong support from the Italian factory, given Giampiero Sacchi's ties to the company. IODA Racing會請前WSS車手 Dani Petrucci騎Aprilia引擎的CRT賽車,而且毫無疑問的會藉由 Giampiero Sacchi來的關係獲得這間義大利工廠強力的支援。
while Gresini's plans for a second bike to run as a CRT entry have also been known for some time. The current best prospect is for Michele Pirro to race the bike, a Honda-powered machine being built by Ten Kate.
Gresini的第二台賽車將會是CRT賽車,並且由 Michele Pirro來騎,這台車是由 Ten Kate做的Honda賽車。
Aspar will be fielding two Suters, though the riders have yet to be announced. Aleix Espargaro is widely expected to be one of them, his brother Pol reported to have been signed with Aspar to race in Moto2. Aspar會拿兩台Suter賽車,車手尚未確定,不過很有可能由Aleix Espargaro來騎,他的弟弟 Pol被Aspar簽到moto2裡。
BQR will field Yonny Hernandez on the FTR Kawasaki, and possibly Ivan Silva on the Inmotec, the northern Spanish project finally starting to come to fruition. BQR會讓 Yonny Hernandez來騎FTR Kawasaki,而且可能讓Ivan Silva來騎 Inmotec。
The Laglisse team will field at least one bike, most probably Carmelo Morales who raced for them in the Spanish CEV championship. Laglisse至少會放一台車,而且最有可能由 Carmelo Morales來騎。
根據我們的好朋友motomatters所列的表格,假設Suzuki會留下來,我們也只會有13台MotoGP賽車。其餘的,將會有幾台已經發展一整年的Suter-BMW,Kawasaki-FTR的BQR,Inmotec的原型賽車, FTR-Honda的 Team Gresini,以及源自WSBK裡的 Max Biaggi的坐騎RSV4的Aprilia。(某K:似乎各個記者對於Aprilia相當期待,從WSBK的表現看來,那我是不是該期待Checa來跑Ducati CRTundefined)
另一方面,他們從來沒有認真來處理一些重要的問題:藉著每隊只能有一台備用車,來暫停引擎的開發,尤其是技術規則上的穩定需求。這把Aprilia跟BMW推向量產型比賽。(這邊有點難翻 a freeze in engine development, the use of a single spare bike per team, and especially the need for stability in the technical regulations. )
在Stefan Bradl測試過LCR車隊的RC212V後,這位2011年的Moto2冠軍有可能將接替去年Moto2冠軍 Toni Elias在LCR的位置。根據motomatters引述motorsport-magazin和motorsport-total兩家德國媒體的報導,Bradl未來幾週內就可能正式宣佈加入LCR Honda。